{"id":2488941,"date":"2025-09-20T12:02:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kimmel-told-disney-he-was-going-to-double-down-on-charlie-kirk-lies-before-they-pulled-the-plug-report\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T12:03:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T16:03:32","slug":"kimmel-told-disney-he-was-going-to-double-down-on-charlie-kirk-lies-before-they-pulled-the-plug-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kimmel-told-disney-he-was-going-to-double-down-on-charlie-kirk-lies-before-they-pulled-the-plug-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimmel Told Disney He Was Going to Double Down on Charlie Kirk Lies Before They Pulled the Plug: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkimmel-told-disney-he-was-going-to-double-down-on-charlie-kirk-lies-before-they-pulled-the-plug-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2488941&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel faced severe backlash and was suspended indefinitely by ABC after falsely claiming on his monday monologue that the alleged assassin of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was a supporter of former President Donald Trump. Despite calls for an apology from critics and ABC affiliates, Kimmel refused to retract or apologize for his statements and reportedly planned to continue targeting MAGA supporters and Trump in subsequent shows, which never aired. The controversy drew criticism from the Federal communications Commission chair and major broadcast groups. Kimmel&#8217;s comments came at a sensitive time, with Kirk&#8217;s family and supporters still mourning. The incident further <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >exacerbated declining viewership numbers<\/a> for Kimmel&#8217;s show, fueling speculation that ABC was looking for a reason to remove him. Fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert also showed controversial support for Kimmel, leading to wider discussions about media bias and accountability.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>While late night host Jimmy Kimmel&rsquo;s statements during his monologue Monday were bad enough in lying about Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s alleged assassin as a supporter of President Donald Trump, the host apparently planned to double down in a later monologue before ABC pulled the plug.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel took a call from executive at Disney Dana Walton Wednesday afternoon in which he received the news he was off the air indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/09\/18\/media\/ujimmy-kimmel-refused-to-apologize-after-charlie-kirk-outrage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, during that call, Kimmel was unwilling to apologize for his statements Monday despite pressure from critics and affiliate companies who do business with ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the Post says not only was Kimmel unapologetic about Monday, but he was also going to escalate the issue, going after MAGA supporters and Trump, many of whom are still grieving.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Communications Commission chair Brenden Carr called Monday, &ldquo;some of the sickest conduct possible&rdquo; and the host took even more heat from the Sinclair Broadcast group along with Nexstar, which the Post says owns dozens of affiliates with ABC.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Here is that moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jimmy Kimmel Makes False Claim Linking Tyler Robsinson, Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s Shooter to MAGA. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qxv1VgJ4KP\">pic.twitter.com\/qxv1VgJ4KP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TaraBull (@TaraBull808) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaraBull808\/status\/1968323603256287327?\">September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Monday was bad enough for Kimmel, but to go further?<\/p>\n<p>Kirk has not even been buried yet. His wife, children, friends, and the entire Turning Point family are heartbroken and mourning his departure.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel should have simply acknowledged the awful moment and moved on. Nobody told him he couldn&rsquo;t complain about Trump or conservatives anymore.<\/p>\n<p>He could have let the news cycle carry him away from Sept. 10, opting to do his usual &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libertarians-dance-with-trump-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Libertarians dance with ... - Washington Examiner\">orange man bad&#038;rdquo<\/a>; schtick for whatever else the president happened to be up to.<\/p>\n<p>Instead he decided to lie.<\/p>\n<p>All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-da-reads-text-messages-make-suspected-charlie-kirk-assassins-motive-clear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence<\/a> points to Kirk&rsquo;s assassin being indoctrinated by radical leftist trans ideology.<\/p>\n<p>Lying is nothing new for these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-bill-maher-televisions-last-true-liberal\/\" title=\"Is Bill Maher Television\u2019s Last True Liberal?\">late night hosts<\/a>, but this was an egregious and dangerous thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow late night host Stephen Colbert is already slated for removal and felt the urge to stand in solidarity with Kimmel Thursday, telling his audience, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/search?q=We%20are%20all%20Jimmy%20Kimmel&amp;src=typeahead_click\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&ldquo;We are all Jimmy Kimmel&rdquo;<\/a> in a sickening disrespectful moment, mocking Kirk&rsquo;s supporters who previously declared &ldquo;We are all Charlie Kirk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The liberal elite are so used to spouting idiotic falsehoods without any repercussions, that when those repercussions do come around, these people are totally blindsided.<\/p>\n<p>Those falsehoods, along with the inability to form a complete sentence without saying the name Trump, are why so many viewers are turning off the television. A separate report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/tv\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-s-ratings-were-plummeting-before-abc-suspended-him-for-charlie-kirk-comments\/ar-AA1MPOBv?ocid=BingNewsSerp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Post<\/a> citing Neilson numbers shows Kimmel&rsquo;s viewership was already taking a tumble.<\/p>\n<p>January 2025 had 1.95 million people tuning in. August saw just 1.1 million, a decline of 43%.<\/p>\n<p>With context, Wednesday&rsquo;s news is not a startling moment in broadcast history.<\/p>\n<p>Less people were watching Kimmel and the network was probably looking for a reason to axe him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, he reportedly intended to escalate these remarks in a subsequent monologue before ABC decided to suspend him indefinitely. On Wednesday afternoon, Kimmel was informed of the suspension by Disney executive Dana Walton. According to the New York Post, despite pressure from critics and ABC affiliates, Kimmel refused to apologize for his earlier statements and planned to further criticize MAGA supporters and Trump-many of whom are still mourning. Federal Communications Commission chair Brenden Carr condemned Monday&#8217;s comments as &#8220;some of the sickest conduct possible,&#8221; while Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar also criticized him; both own numerous ABC affiliates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2488942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michael-Featured-Image-142.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44291,6344,4793,5117,50944],"class_list":["post-2488941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-disney","tag-kimmel","tag-lies","tag-report-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Michael-Featured-Image-142.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488941"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488945,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488941\/revisions\/2488945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}